Accountant, Division of Comparative Medicine - Georgetown University Medical Center

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Requirements

As a top academic health and science center in the United States, Georgetown University Medical Center seeks to provide, in a synergistic fashion, excellence in education — training physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, as well as biomedical scientists — and cutting-edge interdisciplinary research collaboration, enhancing our basic science and translational biomedical research capacity in order to improve human health. Emphasizing service, we are dedicated to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis — “care of the whole person.” Our partnerships with organizations in the region strengthen our work and expand its reach. 

The Accountant for the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) located on the Medical Center Campus of Georgetown University, is an essential and vital position to the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM). The responsibilities of this position effects the fiscal viability of the DCM and can affect research activities and NIH grant funded budgets. The most important responsibilities of this position include processing all departmental billing – monthly per diem, animal recharges and veterinary and husbandry recharge services. Revenue to the Division is greatly affected under the responsibilities of this position. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Process monthly per diem, animal ordering recharges, veterinary and husbandry recharges, inputting all charges into internal electronic billing system and ensuring charges have been billed appropriately.

• Ensure all paperwork for animal orders is completed and filed accordingly.

• Follow up with vendors and Accounts Payable for inquiries regarding past due invoices.

• Maintain active list of all cost centers for PIs. Contact PIs or their designees to update their cost center as needed.

• Process departmental payroll ensuring that all information is accurate and submitted through Georgetown Management System (GMS) in the appropriate time frame.

• In the absence of the Administrative Assistant, perform front office duties, such as, animal ordering, answering telephones, handing out keys to the investigators and maintaining sign out sheets of who is entering the facility.

Work Interactions

This position encompasses many different areas of the organization. It ensures sound fiscal responsibility; interacts with departmental staff and researchers as well as departmental technicians on a daily basis. Investigators may inquire about their per diem charges or other charges made to their account(s). DCM employees may inquire about the status of their biweekly payroll being processed, if time was entered correctly or clarification on their pay stubs etc. The incumbent of this position also interacts frequently with GU accounting and procurement departments as well as outside vendors.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting or a related field

• A minimum of 3 years’ related experience (financial analysis, data entry, managing spreadsheets and databases) is required (or equivalent combination of education and work experience)

• Candidate should have superb organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and have well developed interpersonal and customer service skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a team-oriented approach

• Strong computer skills and be fully competent with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel spreadsheets

• Familiarity with financial software systems is strongly preferred

Work Mode Designation

This position has been designated as Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University.  Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources website: https://hr.georgetown.edu/mode-of-work-designation.